Development and characterization of a novel air-breathing micro direct methanol fuel cell stack for portable applications

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Xiaowei ^a,b   Zhang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   He, Hong ^a   Li, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Shibo ^a   Yuan, Zhenyu ^a   Deng, Huichao ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BREATHING; ANODE FEEDING; ANODE FLOW RATE; CURRENT COLLECTOR; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICRO DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; MICROFABRICATED; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; POWER OUT PUT; SINGLE CELL PERFORMANCE; SINGLE CELLS; STACK PERFORMANCE; STAINLESS STEEL PLATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 78049444199     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/10/104008     Document Type: Article

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